When River Phoenix died in October 1993, he was three weeks away from completing his performance in Dark Blood, an $8 million indie film making its North American premiere at the Miami International Film Festival March 6. The production had already done five weeks of shooting on location in southern…
Last night, the 85th Academy Awards celebrated the art of filmmaking. Just kidding! As usual, the Oscars gave us all a chance to gawk at celebrities talking while wearing shiny things, in the hopes that we might see their jokes fail, watch them fall down, or at least spot a…
The Academy Awards are just two days away. Maybe you’ve seen some of the films. Maybe you’ve seen none at all. Either way, you’ll end up at your film buff friend’s house on Sunday, and you’re going to want to sound smart when you talk about the nominated movies. But…
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An obstructive, agitprop style detracts from the important, singularly American story buried in Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary, director Stephen Vittoria’s account of the life and imprisonment of writer and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal. With more passion than persuasion, Vittoria tells of an exceptional black Philly kid growing up in the days…
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Depending on your perspective, Zooey Deschanel is either the cutest, funniest, most adorable little retro-kookster on earth, or she’s an irritating try-hard with zero comedy chops. The only thing the world seems able to universally agree on is that Deschanel has nice bangs. As such, her sitcom — New Girl, now nearing the…
There are only a few days remaining before the hordes invade for the annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Everybody and their brother, cousin, and neighbor twice removed will flock to the streets of SoBe to eat, get hammered, and generally make merry. Unsurprisingly, the cheery, heavily caffeinated face…
This week, the E! network opted to inflict two back-to-back episodes of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami on the world instead of its usual weekly dose of faux-real family nitpicking. What was the rush? A spat between Kim’s friend Jonathan Cheban and Kourtney that quickly escalated into physical violence. The two began…
Chickens: They’re everywhere in Miami, roaming the streets like stray cats. To tourists, the roosters strutting on Little Havana sidewalks are just a quaint photo opportunity, but to some locals, the birds are a nuisance. To combat this pesky problem, reality TV is taking the reins. After all, who’s better…
Hey, remember when Kim and Kourtney Kardashian were shunned from a bunch of ritzy Miami Beach neighborhoods? And then they rented a house in North Miami instead, and blogs everywhere reported that they were living in the ghetto? The producers of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami certainly don’t seem to…
Earlier this week, we were fantasizing about the best Miami reality show concepts — and of course Pepe Billete was on the list. The gruff-voiced puppet has charmed thousands of fans in South Florida with his spanglish observations and declarations of love for that Cuban culo. They follow him on…
Until recently, the only reason you had to be annoyed at Kim Kardashian was the fact that her face seems to be everywhere. If you were a resident of North Miami last fall, maybe the filming of her reality show added fuel to your anti-Kardashian fire. But now, the E!…
He can often be found eating the type of stuff we step on: bugs, leaves, dirt, etc. He’s also given himself an enema while “stranded” in the middle of the ocean on a bamboo raft, frequently chugs his own urine, and has even slept inside of a dead camel. A…
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